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When I was a little girl one of my favourite things to do was sit in my Dad's workshop in the basement while he fixed...whatever. And while he worked, he would give me a hammer, a piece of wood, and a pile of nails. I would happily bang nails into that two by four with [...]

At this time of year I spend a lot of early mornings on the ferry between Vancouver and Nanaimo. I actually don’t mind the first ferry, getting up early to catch it is a bit painful, but it’s my favourite ferry of the day because it is emptier and quieter than later ferries. Eveyone on [...]

June 26, 2017 - There is nothing that tastes like summer to me so much as corn. Granted, it usually meant late summer and now new varieties have brought the taste earlier into the season...but I'm ok with that. That said, I do miss one treat that was always a part of my life…. De [...]

May 29, 2017 - My lilacs are finally opening...about four weeks late this year and the bloom set doesn't look to be spectacular, but at least that heady scent I love so much is finally in the air. The rhododendrons are also weeks behind, and only now is the lilac rhodo finally fully blooming. The [...]

March 6, 2017 - Television is an isolating time waster. We plant ourselves in a comfortable seat, all face the same direction, and watch intently. We break the spell only briefly every twenty minutes or so (less if we are streaming video or watching prerecorded shows) for a snack, a bathroom visit, or to [...]

February 13th, 2017 - My Mom's old transistor radio; it still works well, and it reminds me of how she would travel to Vancouver on the bus to visit us, headphones on, listening to CBC Radio all the way to the Coast. I think it belonged to her father, my Grandpa; she always referred to [...]

December 4, 2016 - A recently resurrected annual tradition is back on the tree again. When I was growing up we had this plastic Santa tree-topper. At some point, the bulb inside touched and scorched the plastic around Santa's right eye and the side of his nose. My Dad, ever the Mr. Fixit, took him apart and [...]

June 19, 2016 - It's Father's Day and I woke up thinking about Dad. He passed away October 1st but, because of Alzheimer's, we lost him before then. Sometimes I think his disappearance wasn't as painful as Mom's, but then I realize that the grieving process was much longer and more drawn out; by the [...]

January 29, 2015 - I didn't think I'd be seeing Mr. P.G. again, or at least not for a long time. I thought it would be longer than three years anyway. Mr. P.G. is the official mascot of the city I was born and raised in, Prince George. Prince George is a city built on [...]

December 26, 2015 - For Christmas, my brother handmade a cedar frame and put this photo of our Dad in it, it brought me to tears when I opened it yesterday… I love this image, it seems that Dad, as a little boy, is on the threshold of some grand adventure.... Today would have been Dad’s [...]

The Philosophical Fish

Hi, I'm Paige. I'm a hobby photographer and this is a place where I can share some photos and the random mental wanderings that may accompany them. Any views you encounter here are wholly mine and don't represent any organization that I may be associated with. Like many, my thoughts and opinions change over time, a consequence of having an open mind. This blog is intended to provide a semi-permanent space, a snapshot and evidence of the various thoughts rattling around my brain, therefore any ideas and/or opinions expressed within past posts may neither be the same, nor even similar, to those I hold today. I’m a human and my blog reflects that humanity.

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